What are the dangers of liposuction? Most are unknown by the public, yet the procedure is the source of much patient harm, no one is collecting data on outcomes and oversight is limited. In the spirit of supporting full informed consent, this will supplement the little information that many patients receive prior to this procedure. Be informed before you make medical decisions.(2022)

PSAN member John James’ article in the Journal of Patient Experience on how to better understand how shared decision making with your physician can improve your quality of care. (2022)

The first-ever global examination of the medical device industry reveals that health authorities across the globe have failed to protect millions of patients from poorly tested implants: Implant Files – An ICIJ Investigation (2020)

​New York Times video tells how and why we are losing the war against bacteria. They are rebelling with resistance outsmarting antibiotics. A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy (2019)

Doctors’ complaints about quality of care spur investigations and retaliatory firings.  Federal inspection underway at two DC hospitals after dirty instruments comlpaint (2018)

Kaiser Health News gives us the details on Medicare penalties for patient harm (2017)

​Vox investigated central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI), an infection that hospitals can nearly always prevent and asks, “Why don’t they?” (2015)

​A Reuters series is the result of an investigation into America ignoring and failing to account for antibiotic-resistant infections (2016).

​Minneapolis Star Tribune, Medtronic collected data on thousands of patients given its Infuse device, uncovering complications. The problems went unreported for years – even as scrutiny intensified (2016).

​The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s national investigation reveals a broken system of physician oversight that forgives sexually abusive doctors in every state (2017).

​The Seattle Times published a series of articles examining operating room practices in a major hospital that led to patient harm (2017).

​This USA Today page is a compilation of articles that give a thorough review of how the public came to know about deadly superbugs contaminating medical scopes due to ineffective cleaning (2015).

​Despite a law requiring reporting of some medical errors, most go unreported (2010)